viii, 86 pages ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

I. An age of crisis -- The apocalyptic books -- The rediscovery of apocalyptic -- A conflation of cultures -- Pressures to conform -- State and church -- Human rights -- Violence and the pursuit of justice -- II. From creation to consummation -- The interpretation of apocalyptic -- History and contemporaneity -- History and the divine purpose -- The unity of history -- Re-creation and redemption -- The powers of evil -- Life after death -- III. Kingdom and Kerygma -- The influence of apocalyptic thought on the New Testament -- The kerygma: the kingdom present -- The kerygma: the kingdom future -- The transformation of apocalyptic -- Today's kerygma -- IV. Today and tomorrow -- Technology and change -- Two diverse prognostications -- Continuity and discontinuity: the kingdom -- COntinuity and discontinuity: life and after-life

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